Chest pain

[medicrn 88]

Ok I have to Ask if anyone has experienced this. I have been banded almost 5 years and have never had this happen. Yesterday I ate a few, maybe 1/8 cup of shelled sunflower seeds. Since then I have had mid sternum dull chest pain that only hurts when I drink or eat. It is very strong then. Goes away within a minute. I am not too tight and can still get liquids and soft foods down easy. Scared to try more solid foods. I am a nurse and I know this isn't a heart attack so please don't advise me to go to ER. Just wondering if anyone has had this. I'm going to call doc Monday if it is still going on. I have had left shoulder pain if I eat too much but this is totally different. Doesn't feel like acid reflux either. Doesn't burn like reflux. More like some has punched me in chest when I swallow.

[medicrn 88]

Also burping or hiccup produces same pain.

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

You sound stuck to me.

[medicrn 88]

But I am having no pb episodes. I have on other hand been under tremendous stress this week. Earlier in week I had several episodes of pb. I'm wondering now if its not just a pulled chest wall muscle. My neck muscles in front Also hurt. It's weird. Like I said I'm a nurse and it has me stumped.

[medicrn 88]

I did go ahead and take a Zantac and 3 tums earlier and it does seem better. Ate about 5 small pieces of steak and a 1/4 baked potatoes with salad at supper and had minimal pain. No pb. Went down well.

[Ladybandito 516]

Seeds can sometimes get kind of clogged in the band. Could be what happened to you, and now it's passed through.

[hely88 883]

It really does sound like you are stuck.

[medicrn 88]

I've been taking Zantac 150 daily for past 3 days and it is much better. Called my surgeon office yesterday but they never called me back. If I was stuck how could I eat And drink now without and problems? Also wasn't having problems then either. Just the pain.

[Jim1967 3,569]

I would definitely seek out your band doctor. I understand you are an experienced Nurse but who knows what could be going on in there.

[dylanmiles23 2,198]

I eat sunflower seeds in my at home salads all the time and have never had any problems. Call the doctor.

[judych 225]

Ok I have to Ask if anyone has experienced this. I have been banded almost 5 years and have never had this happen. Yesterday I ate a few, maybe 1/8 cup of shelled sunflower seeds. Since then I have had mid sternum dull chest pain that only hurts when I drink or eat. It is very strong then. Goes away within a minute. I am not too tight and can still get liquids and soft foods down easy. Scared to try more solid foods. I am a nurse and I know this isn't a heart attack so please don't advise me to go to ER. Just wondering if anyone has had this. I'm going to call doc Monday if it is still going on. I have had left shoulder pain if I eat too much but this is totally different. Doesn't feel like acid reflux either. Doesn't burn like reflux. More like some has punched me in chest when I swallow.

ive been banded just over 12 months now. I had 1 cc put in about five weeks ago which brought me up to 4.5mls.. since then i sufferred with the soreness when i either drank or ate. when the coffee hit the pouch i could feel it. The same with everything i ate. Then i was having pain right through in that site from font to back. Eventually it spread down to my groin area and over my buttocks at the back. Of a night i was suffering with intense pain which is very much like a heat attack, but i knew it wasnt. That was relieved by taking quick eze, after about a half hour. also i was PBing. I found generally that i had more mucus. having more mucus in my throat and it was like having a head cold where i had to clear my sinuses all the time. Sometimes i had to vomit up the mucus to relieve the intense pain. I had to ring and see the dr. AFter discussion we decide to take a cc out... see how i manage and then come back in three weeks. Ive been greatly improved. i cant tell you how miserable i was for that period of time. Now i can eat with no discomfort. Not eating anymore than before but im managing to eat a bit faster than before. When i was struggling it would take me an hour to eat a cup full. Im hoping to have fills put in a 1/4 cc at a time from now on. i was in the red zone for sure. I think sometimes it pays to read up on the different zones and what to expect from them. Its very good information.